Looking for ideas about how to decolonize libraries and to respectfully include Indigenous knowledge?

The Canadian Federation of Library Associations' (CFLA) Truth and Reconciliation Committee completed and released it's report that outlines the steps it will take to respond to the Calls for Action pertaining to libraries and library services. To see the report of the ten recommendations for decolonizing libraries and increasing respect for and access to Indigenous knowledge, click on the following links:

Please contact me if you would like to add to the list above, I can be reached at: tfontaine@nlla.ab.ca

The links below concern a variety of topics surrounding Indigenous issues which have become human rights issues in Canada. It is a small sample of content but a starting point for those interested in learning more.

"As Canada celebrates 150 years of colonialism, we offer kiskisiwin | remembering as an interruption of the pioneer mythology at the foundation of the Canadian historical narrative, and to force a space for Indigenous presence."http://www.nsi-canada.ca/2017/04/kiskisiwin-remembering

Ted Talks:
A look at American history as it pertains to Indigenous people of America, specifically the Lakota Nation of Pine Ridge. It parallels Canadian history.
Aaron Huey, America’s Prisoners of War, September 2010https://www.ted.com/talks/aaron_huey#t-1504

Residential Schools:
A short video on the life of a non-Indigenous government worker who fought for the lives of First Nations children who were dying in residential schools.
Finding Peter Bryce, by Peter Campbellhttps://vimeo.com/189577852

An article in the spring 2017 edition of the University of Alberta's New Trail magazine called A Hard Walk, by Curtis Gillespie, discusses government policy regarding Indigenous people, residential schools and reconciliation. u of a alumni TRC